Trade union Solidarity describes Jan Oberholzer as a hero, but some within Eskom view him as a 'wires man' who was unfamiliar with the issues in generation. Moneyweb Eskom LoadShedding
Eskom announced late on Monday that its former chief operating officer Jan Oberholzer is leaving the utility at the end of July. This after the utility announced last month that he was appointed on a two-year fixed-term contract to specifically oversee the recovery of three damaged units at Kusile and the steam generator and life-extension project at Koeberg. These two projects are critical to government’s energy crisis plan to end load shedding.
Eskom chair says outgoing CEO De Ruyter behaved ‘reprehensibly’ Oberholzer, however, returned to Eskom last month on contract with these two specific tasks. Kusile The three units at Kusile have been out of service since the chimney of Unit 1 collapsed in October last year and damaged the chimneys of Units 2 and 3, allegedly after Eskom management overruled engineers and ramped up Unit 1’s performance against their advice.
Winter worries: Eskom defers Koeberg steam generator replacement to August 2023 Koeberg Unit 1 was then taken offline in December last year for the replacement of its three steam generators as part of the project to extend its life by 20 years. The outage was planned for 180 days but has already been extended more than once. In March, Ramokgopa announced that the extended target date of 23 July would be moved to 13 September.
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